DIE Martis, 12 Octobris.

E. of Warwick excused.

Earl of Warwicke excused for Two or Three Days.

Castle to be instituted to Woodhamwater.

Ordered, That Doctor Heath give Institution and
Induction unto Edmund Castle Batchelor of Divinity, to
the Rectory of Woodhamwater, in the County of Essex,
void by the Death of Robert Brooke Clerk, the last Incumbent; salvo Jure cujuscunque; Mr. Charles Fitch
Esquire, Patron.

Ordered, That it be recommended to the House of
Commons, the next Message, that Sign. Amerig. Salvetti(fn. 1) be eased of Excise for his own Provision.

Add. Ordinance for the Westm. Militia.

An additional Ordinance to the Militia of Westm'r,
read the First and Second Time; and to be sent to the
House of Commons, for their Concurrence.

Plant to be instituted to Lockington.

Ordered, That Dr. Heath give Institution unto
William Plante, to the Vicarage of the Parish Church
of Lockington, in the County of Leicester, void by the
Resignation of Jo. Moore Clerk; salvo Jure cujuscunque;
William Bambridge Patron.

Raule versus Johnson, in Error.

Ordered, That the Cause between Jo. Raule and
John Johnson, upon a Writ of Error depending in this
House, shall be argued, at this Bar, on the 29th of
this Instant October, at Ten of the Clock in the Morning; at which Time the Parties, by their Counsel, are
to attend accordingly.

E. of Shrewsbury tenders himself.

The House was informed, "That the Earl of Shrewsbury was lately come into England, and desired to understand the Pleasure of this House."

Letter from Col. Jones.

A Letter was read, from Colonel Jones, in Ireland.
(Here enter it.)

Symonds, a Pass.

Ordered, That Mr. Symonds, Clerk, shall have a
Pass, into France.

Forster, Mayor of Sandwich, and Elgar, to be attached.

An Affidavit of Hope Sherward, was read.

Ordered, That the Gentleman Usher attending this
House, or his Deputy, shall attach the Bodies of Henry
Foster Mayor of Sandwich, and John Elgar One of the
Churchwardens of St. Clements there; and forthwith
bring them before the Lords in Parliament, to answer
such Matters as they stand charged with before their
Lordships: And this to be a sufficient Warrant.

Owen ap Hugh, & al. to be attached.

Upon reading an Affidavit of Henry Pewe Clerk:
Ordered, That the Gentleman Usher shall attach
Morrice Owen Clerk, William John ap Hugh, Owen app
Hugh, Griffith Lloyd, Richard Hampton, and Humfrey
Owen, and bring them before the Lords, to answer
their Contempts.

Message to the H. C. about the following Particulars.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons,
by Doctor Aylett and Mr. Sadler:

1. To put them in Mind of a Supply for Colonel
Jones's Army before the Winter.

2. To desire their Concurrence in an Ordinance for
Repair of Churches.

3. An Ordinance for the Militia of Westm'r.

4. To put them in Mind of Mr. Pennye's Ordinance.

5. To put them in Mind of Sign. Amer'g. Salvetti, to
be exempted from Excise.

6. That Burroughes shall have a Pardon, without
Fees.

7. (fn. 2) With Lewis De Moulen's Ordinance, for to be
History Professor in Oxon.

8. To put them in Mind of Colonel Manwareing's
Ordinance.

Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance, &c.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir
Rob't Pye and others:

1. To desire Concurrence in an Ordinance for the
bringing in the Arrears for Sir Tho. Fairefaxe's Army,
read the 1° and 2° Time; committed to the whole House.

(Here enter it.)

The said Ordinance was read the Third Time, and
passed.

Two Orders concerning the Committee of the Army,
were read, and passed. (Here enter them.)

Answer returned was:

Answer.

That the Lords do agree to the said Orders and Ordinance now brought up.

Sir H. Mildmay and Sir T. Cheek, about the Barony of Fitzwalter.

A Petition of Sir Henry Mildmay, of Mowsham, was
read.

Ordered, That the Cause between the Petitioner
and Sir Thomas Cheeke shall be heard the Tuesday Sevennight after the next Term.

Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance.

A Message from the House of Commons, by

To desire the Lords Concurrence in an Ordinance for
the settling of Lands upon Sir Peter Wentworth, and
his Heirs and Assigns; read the 1° and 2° Time, and
passed. (Here enter it.)

E. of Portland to bring in his Patent, as Governor of the Isle of Wight.

The Earl of Portland is by this House permitted to
send in his Patent, by which he was Governor of the Isle
of Wight: And Ordered, That he bring it in Tomorrow Morning accordingly.

Propositions for Peace.

Ordered, That the Propositions shall be first (fn. 3) proceeded in, before all other Things.

Ordinance to settle Warner's Lands, in Marston and Wolston, in Warwickshire, on Sir Peter Wentworth and his Heirs.

"Whereas, the Tenth of July, 1646, it was ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament
assembled, That Five Thousand Pounds should be
allowed and granted to the Committee before Litchfeild Leaguer, upon Accompt, for Discharge of their
Engagements, and the better carrying on of that Service; and that the said Five Thousand Pounds should
be raised out of the Sales of the Estates of Sir Robert Wolsely and George Warner, of Wolston, Esquire,
and employed in the Service aforesaid; and that the
Committee was thereby authorized to make Sale of so
much of the Estates of the said Sir Robert Wolseley
and George Warner as should raise the said Five Thousand Pounds: And whereas the said Committee hath,
according to the said Order, contracted and agreed
with Sir Peter Wentworth Knight of the Bath, for
the Sale of all the Manors, Messuages, Cottages,
Closes, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, with
their and every of their Appurtenances, of the said
George Warner, situate, lying, and being, in Wolston
and Marston, in the County of Warwicke, or either
of them, for the Sum of Two Thousand Thirty-eight
Pounds, Six Shillings, Eight Pence, to be paid upon
the granting and assuring to him the said Sir Peter
Wentworth and his Heirs the said Manors, Lands, and
Premises, in Wolston and Marston aforesaid: The Lords
and Commons, taking the same into Consideration,
and that the said George Warner hath deserted his
Dwelling at Wolston, within the Parliament's Quarters, and hath been resident and abiding in the King's
Quarters, and hath given Aid and Assistance unto
those that have taken up Arms against the Parliament
of England in this unnatural War, have adjudged
and ordained, and be it Adjudged and Ordained by
the said Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament,
and by Authority of the same, That the said George
Warner and his Heirs, for his said Offences, shall forfeit and lose all his Manors, Messuages, Cottages,
Closes, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, with
their and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, situate, lying, and being, in Wolston and
Marston aforesaid, in the said County of Warwicke,
or either of them, whereof he the said George Warner,
or any other in Trust for him, were seised the 20th
Day of May, in the Year of our Lord God 1642,
or any Time since.

"And be it Ordained, and it is hereby Ordained, by
the Authority aforesaid, That the said Sir Peter Wentworth, his Heirs and Assigns, shall have, hold, and
enjoy, the Manor or Manors of Wolston and Marston, in the Parish of Wolston, in the County of Warwicke, with all and singular the Rights, Members,
and Appurtenances, thereunto belonging, and all
Court Leets, Court Barons, Jurisdictions, Privileges,
Profits, Immunities, Commodities, and Hereditaments,
to the said Manors, or either of them, belonging, or
appertaining, or with the same used, occupied, or enjoyed; and all that Manor-house, or Capital Messuage,
with the Appurtenances, and all those Seven Yard
Land of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture, with the Appurtenances, to the said Manor-house or Capital Messuage belonging, or with the same occupied or enjoyed, now or heretofore in the Tenure of Silvester
Warner and John Sherrington, or One of them, their
Assigns or Under-tenants; and all that Messuage, with
the Appurtenances, situate, lying, and being, in Marston aforesaid, and now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of the said John Sherrington, or his Assigns;
and all that Messuage, or Tenement, with the Appurtenances, in Marston aforesaid, and Three Little Closes,
and Three Yard Lands and an Half of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture, with the Appurtenances, situate,
lying, and being, in Wolston and Marston aforesaid, or
One of them, to the said Messuage, or Tenement,
belonging or appertaining, or with the same occupied or enjoyed, now or heretofore in the Tenure or
Occupation of William Drought, or his Assigns; and
all that Messuage, or Tenement, with the Appurtenances, and all those Three Yard Lands, with the
Appurtenances and Closes, in Wolston and Marston
aforesaid, or One of them, to the said Messuage or
Tenement belonging or appertaining, or with the
same occupied or enjoyed, now or heretofore in the
Tenure or Occupation of Edward Warner, or his
Assigns; and all that Messuage, or Tenement, and
One Close near thereunto adjoining, with the Appurtenances, in Marston aforesaid; and all those Two
Yard Lands of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture, with
the Appurtenances, to the said Messuage belonging
or appertaining, or with the same used or enjoyed,
situate in Wolston and Marston aforesaid, or One of
them, now or late in the Tenure of Zachary Elkington, or his Assigns; and all those Two Closes of
Pasture, with the Appurtenances, and all that Two Yard
Lands, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation
of John Clarke, or his Assigns; and all that Cottage,
or Tenement, and One Little Close near adjoining,
with the Appurtenances, and all that One Quartern
of One Yard Land, with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, or with the same used or enjoyed,
now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of
Ellen Johnson Widow, or her Assigns; and all that
Messuage, or Tenement, and a Little Close near
thereunto adjoining, with the Appurtenances, and
One Yard Land and Quartern, with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, or therewith used or
enjoyed, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Jahleel Handinge, or his Assignees; and all
that Messuage, or Tenement, and One Close thereunto adjoining, with the Appurtenances, and all that
Yard Land and Half, with the Appurtenances, now
or late in the Tenure or Occupation of George Viccars,
or his Assigns; and all that Messuage, or Tenement,
with One Little Close, with the Appurtenances, and
all that Two Yard Land and Quartern, with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, or with the same
used or enjoyed, now or heretofore in the Tenure or
Occupation of James Staples, or his Assigns; and all
that Messuage, or Tenement, and One Little Close
thereunto adjoining, with the Appurtenances, and
One Yard Land, with the Appurtenances thereunto
belonging or appertaining, or with the same used
or enjoyed, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of William Herbert, or his Assigns; and all
that Messuage, or Tenement, with the Appurtenances, and One Yard Land and Half, with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, or with the same
used or enjoyed, now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Thomas Darby, or his Assigns; and all
that Water Mill and Mills, with a Little Meadow
thereunto belonging, with the Appurtenances, now
or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Nicholas
Everton, or his Assigns; and all that Cottage, or
Tenement, with a Little Close thereunto adjoining,
with the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the
Tenure or Occupation of William Checkley, or his
Assigns; and all that Cottage, or Tenement, with
the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure
or Occupation of Henry Boulton, or his Assigns; and
all that Cottage, or Tenement, with the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Francis Clarke, or his Assigns; and One
Piece of Meadow, called The Haywards Hooke, lying
in Mickle Meadowe, in Wolston aforesaid; and all that
Cottage, or Tenement, with a Little Close thereunto
adjoining, with the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Joane Clarke
Widow, or her Assigns; and all that Cottage, or
Cottages, with One Little Close thereunto adjoining,
with the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the
Tenure or Occupation of John Mason, or his Assigns;
and all that Cottage, or Cottages, and One Little
Close adjoining, with the Appurtenances, now or
heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of William
Role the Elder, or his Assigns; and all that Cottage,
or Cottages, with One Close thereunto adjoining,
with the Appurtenances, now or late in the Tenure or
Occupation of William Role the Younger, or his
Assigns; and all that Cottage, or Tenement, with the
Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure or
Occupation of Austin Fretter, or his Assigns; and all
that Cottage, or Tenement, and One Little Close
near adjoining, with the Appurtenances, now or
heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of John
Oakeley, or his Assigns; and all that Cottage, or
Tenement, with the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Robert Pebody,
or his Assigns; and all that Cottage, or Tenement,
with the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the
Tenure or Occupation of John Bosworth or his
Assigns; and all that Cottage, or Tenement, with
the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Annis Aslen Widow, or her
Assigns; and all that Cottage, or Tenement, with
the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Thomas Aslen, or his Assigns;
and all that Cottage, or Tenement, with the Appurtenances, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Tymothy Smith, or his Assigns; all which
said Messuages, Cottages, Mills, Yards, Lands, Closes,
Meadows, Pastures, Tenements, and Premises, are
situate, lying, and being, in Wolston and Marston,
or One of them; and all those several Closes of Meadow or Pasture, called by the several Names of Trimlands, Walnutt Tree Close, Bridge Meadowe; all
those Three Little Closes, or Pingles of Pasture
Ground, now or heretofore in the Tenure or Occupation of Silvester Warner, or his Assigns; all those
Three Closes lately put into One, now or heretofore
in the Tenure or Occupation of Zachary Elkington,
or his Assigns, with their and every of their Rights,
Members, and Appurtenances, situate, lying, and
being, in Marston aforesaid; and all that Meadow
called The Hall Meadow, all that Close or Pasture
called The Rush Close, and all that Close or Pasture
called The Conegrey, and all that Meadow called
Small Meadowe, all which are situate, lying, and
being, in Wolston and Marston aforesaid, or One of
them, and are now, or heretofore, in the Tenure or
Occupation of John Sherrington, or his Assigns;
and all the Manors, Messuages, Cottages, Closes, Meadows, Pastures, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, whereof the said George Warner, or any
other to his Use, or in Trust for him, was upon
the said 20th Day of May, Anno Domini 1642, or
any other Time, seised, lying and being in Wolston
and Marston aforesaid, or either of them; to have
and to hold the said Manors, Messuages, Cottages,
Closes, Meadows, Pastures, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and Premises, with their and every of
their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances whatsoever, and the Revertion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders thereof, unto the said Sir Peter
Wentworth, his Heirs and Assigns for ever, to be
held of the King, as of his Manor of East Greenw'ch, in the County of Kent, in Free and Common Soccage, and not in Capite, nor Knights Service;
and that the said Sir Peter Wentworth, his Heirs and
Assigns, shall and may have, hold, take, and receive,
the Rents, Issues, and Profits, of all the said Manors,
Messuages, Lands, and Premises, for and notwithstanding any Sequestration upon the same, or any Part
thereof, and for and notwithstanding any Ordinance
or Ordinances of Sequestration, or any other Ordinance of Parliament, to the contrary: Saving to all
and every Person and Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, and their Heirs and Successors, lawfully claiming, or that may claim, any Estate, Right, or Title,
of, in, or to, the Premises, or any Part thereof, other
than the said George Warner, and Silvester Warner Brother of the said George Warner, and
George Warner and William Warner Sons of the
said Silvester Warner, or any of them, claiming by,
from, or under, the said George Warner, and other
than such Person and Persons as have or claim
any Estate in the Premises, to the Use in Trust
for the said George Warner, Silvester Warner, George
Warner, and Will'm Warner, Sons of the said Silvester
Warner, or any of them, and other than any Popish
Recusant in Arms against the Parliament, or any Delinquent within the Ordinance or Ordinances of Sequestration, who have not yet compounded for the
same, or any other Person or Persons that claim any
Estate by, from, or under, the said George Warner, by
any Conveyance made or executed since the 20th Day
of May which was in the Year of our Lord God
1642, all such lawful Right, Title, Interest, and
Estate, as they, or any of them, had, or might claim
to have had, of, in, or unto, the said Manors and Premises, or any Part thereof, the said 20th Day of May,
1642; this Ordinance, or any Thing therein contained
to the contrary, in any Wise notwithstanding.

"And it is further Ordained, That if the said Sir
Peter Wentworth, his Heirs or Assigns, shall hereafter
be evicted out of the said Manors and Premises, or any
Part thereof, by virtue of any eigne Right, Title, or
Interest, in or unto the same; that in such Case the
said Sir Peter Wentworth, his Heirs and Assigns, shall
have full and due Satisfaction, Recompence, and Allowance, made to him and them, for the said Lands
so evicted, and that in such Manner as both Houses
of Parliament shall think fit.

"And His Majesty's Attorney or Solicitor General for
the Time being are hereby authorized and required,
upon the Desire of the said Sir Peter Wentworth, his
Heirs or Assigns, to prepare a Bill, in usual Form, containing a Grant of the said Manors and Premises unto
the said Sir Peter Wentworth, his Heirs and Assigns,
according to the Tenor of this Ordinance, with such
further Clauses and Non Obstantes as may be necessary
for the Security of the said Sir Peter Wentworth and
his Heirs in the Premises; which Grant, so prepared,
the Commissioners of the Great Seal of England are
likewise required and authorized to pass under the
said Great Seal of England accordingly: For all which,
this Ordinance, or a Duplicate thereof, shall be a sufficient Warrant.

"Ex'r."

Letter from Col. Jones in Ireland, that he will send over Preston's Papers —with a State of the Rebels Forces there;—and desiring Supplies for his Army.

"To the Right Honourable the Earl of Manchester, Speaker of the Lords House. These
present.

"My Lord,

"According to the Commands on me laid, I have
given the Acknowledgement of the Houses to the
Officers here, who had all of them in their respective Commands very well merited of the Public in
the late Service at Dunganbill; with which your Lordships Sense of that their Service they rest very well
satisfied. However, some of them had before resented something there being passed over, while some
were remembered, in the Rewards of that Service dispensed by the Houses.

"Preston's Papers, commonly called The Cabinett
(though with no Cabinet), shall be sent by the First
sure Hand. I gained them in a scattered Way from
several Hands, as they were snatched up in the Field.
It was expected they might have given us other Discoveries than upon Perusal I find in them; so as, had
it not been in Obedience to the Commands therein
laid on me, I should not value them worthy the so
great taking Notice of them.

"I have sent a Ship to Munster, with those Letters
thither directed, and appointed to be hence transmitted
to the Lord of Inchiquin. In Colonel Sterling's Letter
to Major General Monroe (which, among other intercepted Papers, I have formerly sent thither), there
was Mention made of a Vessel which was to attend the Return of his Servant Downing, the Bearer
of those Letters. That Vessel being (as is probably
conceived) The Charles Frigott, belonging to the Lord
of Inchequin, but in the Parliament's Pay, I made
Stay of; wherein I desire to understand your Lordships Pleasure. I had before intimated my Resolutions for taking the Field; but hitherto I could not
compass the doing of it; partly, in the Unseasonableness of the Weather, wherein the naked and barefooted Soldier had been endangered; partly, observing the Enemy's Motion, whereby I might find
how to direct my Course; and partly, expecting
the Advancing of the Northern Forces, commanded
by Colonel Moncke. Now I find the Rebels drawn to
an Head, under the Command of their Ulster General
Owen Roe (as for Preston, he is drawn out of the
Field, for the securing of Kilkenny and Waterford,
of both which Places he is made Commander). The
Strength of the Ulster Rebels is given to be about
Eight Thousand Horse and Foot, with whom are
joined about Eighteen Hundred Foot and Five Hundred Horse of the Lemster Forces, Part of Preston's
Command. Yesternight I had Intelligence from Colonel Moncke, of his marching with Fifteen Hundred
Foot and Five Hundred and Fifty Horse, and that
this Night he will be at Dundalke. On Saturday
next (God willing) I shall set forward with the Forces
here: The Lord of Hosts go along with us!

"Very great are the Discouragements of this Soldiery, in their Want of all Things; the Store and
Treasure here being wholly exhausted more than Ten
Days since; so as I am put to the utmost of my Shifts
for Provisions and Pay for the Army, which cannot
hold out long, if not thence, and that speedily, supplied. It would be to Matter of exceeding great
Discouragement, should I through Want be forced
from out the Field, as formerly I have been, after
the Fight at Dunganhill. I failed in my Duty to the
Service, should I not thus represent to your Lordship
the Necessities of the Army; and I should be very
much wanting to the Trust by the Houses reposed in
me, in sitting down under any Discouragements less
than Impossibilities, which, I assure your Lordship, I
shall never do; resolving, notwithstanding all these
Difficulties, to let slip no Opportunity for promoting
this Service to the utmost of my Power; relying on
your Lordship's Care of supplying us as fully, and as
speedily, as may be possible. So, humbly taking
Leave, I remain (my Lord)

Dublin, Sept. 29, 1647.

"Your Lordship's devoted Servant,
Mic. Jones."

Some of the Committee of the Army to go to it:

Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That the Committee of the Army, or
such of them as they shall agree among themselves to
send thither, do go to the Army forthwith.

Power for them to treat with the General, &c.

"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Committee of the Army,
or such of them as shall go down to the Army, shall
have the same Power to confer with the General, or
such as he shall appoint, as the Commissioners formerly appointed to reside with the Army had, and upon
the same Matters; and that it be referred to the Committee of the Army, or such of them as shall go thither, to perfect those Matters which by the said former Commissioners were left unperfected, and to report them to the Houses; and that the Committee of
the Army do take Care to defray the Charges of such
as shall be employed in this Service."

Ordinance to bring in the Arrears of the Assessments for Sir Thomas Fairfax's Army.

"Whereas, by an Ordinance of Parliament, bearing
Date the 15th of February, 1644, several Sums of
Money were to be taxed, levied, and paid, for the
Maintenance of the Army under Sir Thomas Fairefax,
by a Monthly Assessment, to continue for Ten Months,
upon the City of London, the Liberties thereof, and
the several Counties therein mentioned, from the said
15th of February, unto the First of December, 1645;
and whereas, by another Ordinance, of 13th of
August, 1645, the said recited Ordinance of 15 Februarii, and the several Taxes and Payments therein
expressed, were ordained to endure and have Continuance for Six Months longer, from the said First
Day of December, 1645, until the First Day of June
next following, 1646, unto all Intents and Purposes
therein mentioned; and whereas, by an Ordinance of
the 16th of April, 1646, the said Ordinance of 15
February, 1644, with all the several Taxes and Payments therein expressed, were ordained to continue
for Four Months longer, from the said First Day of
June, 1646, until the First Day of October following; and whereas very great and considerable Sums
of Money remain in Arrear, and yet unpaid, upon
those several Ordinances, within the Cities of London
and Liberties, and other Cities and Counties, especially through the Default and wilful Neglect of
Assessors, Collectors, and others appointed for that
Service, to the Discouragement of those that have
willingly paid, very evil Example of all others, and
great Hindrance of the Payment of the Army: The
Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled do
therefore hereby ordain and declare, and be it Ordained and Declared, That all the said several Sums
of Money, being arrear and unpaid, upon any of the
said recited Ordinances, be forthwith assessed, collected, and paid, according to the said Ordinances:
And to the End there may be no longer Delay in a
Matter of so great Concernment for the present Service of the Kingdom, the said Lords and Commons
do further declare and ordain, That all Persons nominated and appointed, by the said several recited
Ordinances, to assess, collect, or pay, or authorized to
cause to be assessed, collected, or paid, the said Sums
of Money in those Ordinances mentioned, do forthwith take Care for the full and speedy assessing, collecting, and paying in, thereof.

And it is further Ordained, That the Committee
of the Army, appointed by an Ordinance of the
23th of September last, or any Five of them, for the
more speedy and effectual bringing in of the Money
so in Arrear, shall and may exercise and use all such
Powers and Authorities as are thereby given, mentioned, expressed, and declared, for the bringing in
of the said Assessments upon the Ordinance of Three
and Twentieth of June last past; and shall have further Power and Authority to take and set down such
Order and Orders as they shall think fit, for the full
assessing and due collecting of the several Sums in
Arrear as aforesaid, and for the levying of the same,
with the Charges and Expences thereof, by Distress
and Sale of the Goods of any Person or Persons, and
Bodies Politic and Corporate, refusing or neglecting
to make Payment, according to the said Ordinance:
And if any Person or Persons, and Bodies Politic and
Corporate, that are or shall be assessed, and are in
Arrear, upon the said Ordinances, do refuse to pay
or satisfy such Sum or Sums of Money as he or they
shall be or are assessed unto, and are in Arrear, do
not, within Ten Days after Publication of this Ordinance, or Demand made by the Collector, pay
unto the respective Collectors the several Sum and
Sums of Money assessed and taxed upon them, so as
the said Monies must of Necessity be levied by Distress; that, in such Case, every Person or Persons,
and Bodies Politic and Corporate, that thereupon
shall be distrained, shall forfeit and pay Double the
Proportion whereat he first was assessed, with Charges
incident thereunto, the same Penalty and Charges to
be levied by Distress.

"And it is further Ordained, That the said Committee, or any Five of them, shall have Power, and are
hereby authorized, by their Agents, or Persons employed by them, to seize and secure, to the Use of
the State, all Money, Goods, Chattels, and Personal
Estate, of every Assessor, Collector, or other Person
or Persons, (fn. 4) making Default, in refusing to distrain, or
otherwise to do their Duty, concerning the assessing,
collecting, and levying of the said Money, by Distress
or otherwise; and if, for the Space of Ten Days
after the said seizing and securing of the said Personal Estate of the Parties aforesaid, they, or any of
them, shall continue in their Neglect or Refusal to
do their Duties, the said Committee, or any Five of
them, shall have Power, and are hereby authorized,
to sequester, sell, and dispose of, the Personal Estate
of such Person or Persons, so seized and secured, for
the Payment of the Army and Forces under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairefax: And be it lastly Ordained, That the Forces under the Command of Sir
Thomas Fairefax, Committee of the Militia of London, and the Trained Bands within the said City, and
other Cities and Counties, and all Mayors, Sheriffs,
Justices of Peace, and Committees, and all other Officers and Persons whatsoever, are to be aiding and
assisting, and are hereby required to be aiding and
assisting, unto the said Committee, and such as shall
be employed by them, in the Service abovesaid."